Authentic First Peoples Resources for Grades 10 to 12 and Adult Learning
General information on choosing appropriate texts, common themes, copyright and protocol and dealing with sensitive content followed by an extensive list of material with annotations for grade level, description, themes and content cautions.
"Beatty, Reginald Bird-Diary & Correspondence"
Building Confidence of Academic Library Staff in the Selection of Culturally Authentic Native American Picture Books
Curriculum & Instruction Thesis (MSc) -- Minnesota State University Moorhead, 2021.
Campaigning in the North West Territories
Caring Is the Universal Language
Three stories about bullying prevention, justice and belonging told in English, Cree, Inuktitut, Michif, Mohawk, Oji-Cree, Ojibwe, and Oneida.
Children’s Book Activity Sheets for Home-Based Learning
Activities for the following titles: A Promise is a Promise; Awasis Bannock; Bowwow Powwow; Gifts from Raven; Go Show the World; How Raven Stole the Sun; I Like Who I Am; My Heart Fills with Happiness; Raven Squawk, Orca Squeak; Sweetest Kulu; Walk on the Shoreline; We Are Water Protectors; Windy Lake; and You Hold Me Up.
Simple activities and questions to help parents who are reading and discussing books with children.
A Collection of Tłı̨chǫ Stories from Long Ago = Tłı̨chǫ Whaèhdǫǫ̀ Godıı̀ Ełexè Whela
Traditional stories written in English and Tłı̨chǫ.
The Country of Wolves: Graphic Novel Study
Geared toward students in Grades 7 to 10. Novel is based on the animated film Amaqqut Nunaat: The Country of Wolves.
Decolonizing Curricular Resources: A Bibliography for Teaching and Learning Native American and Indigenous Studies in New England
Resources categorized by grade level and subject matter.
Diary of Lieutenant R. Lyndhurst Wadmore, Infantry School Corps, April 8, 1885 to July 20, 1885, N.W. Campaign.
Dispossessed Indigeneity: Literary Excavations of Internalized Colonialism
English Thesis (PhD) -- Simon Fraser University, 2018.
Dreaming in Indian : Contemporary Native American Voices
Excerpt from the book briefly highlights Tanya Tagaq Gillis, Martin Sensmeier, Priscella Rose, Kelli Clifton, and Tom Greyeyes.
Educator's Guide: Read, Listen, Tell: Indigenous Stories from Turtle Island
Created to support Ontario secondary courses Grade 11 Contemporary Aboriginal Voices and Grade 11 English.
Fiction and Politics: Karl May and the American West in Nineteenth Century German Sociopolitical Consciousness
History Thesis (MA) -- University of Missouri-St. Louis, 2018.
The Gnawer of Rocks: Graphic Novel Study
Designed for Grades 8 to 12. Adaptation of a traditional Inuit story about two girls to are captured by a mythical creature called Mangittatuarjuk.
Historical and Contemporary Realities: Movement Towards Reconciliation: The Traditional and Cultural Significance of the Lands Encompassing the District of Greater Sudbury and Area
History of the Ojibway Nation
L'hôte maladroit: La matière du mythe
Howling for Justice: New Perspectives on Leslie Marmon Silko's Almanac of the Dead
In Between People: The Metis of Central Montana
Indian Legends: Nanabush, the Ojibbeway Saviour. Moosh-Kuh-Ung, or, The Flood
Indigenous Knowledge and Our Connection to the Land
Lesson plans which can be used with a variety of grades.
Indigitization: Toolkit for the Digitization of First Nations Knowledge
"Inspector Dickens Journal" Fort Pitt, 1885.
Historical note:
Interpretive Guide and Hands-on Activites: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program: ᐊᐧᐃᐧᓯᐦᒋᑲᐣ = Wawisihcikan = Adornment
Lesson plans for elementary and secondary school students for exhibition featuring works by Elaine Alexie, Erik Lee, and Carmen Miller. Topics include First Nations groups of central Alberta and the Boreal forest, brief survey of Indigenous art in the twentieth century, abstract art, and First Nations traditional art forms and materials.
Joy of Apex: Novel Study
Geared toward Grades 5 to 8. Story by Napatsi Folger is about a 10-year-old girl who is dealing with her parents' separation.
Kímmapiiyipitssini: The Meaning of Empathy
Kiviuq's Journey: Traditional Story Study
Students follow the adventures of an Inuit hunter who is swept out to sea in a storm and must find his way home. Geared toward Grades 10 to 12.
The Laughing People: A Tribute to My Innu Friends
Métis in Canada: History, Identity, Law and Politics
Mii maanda ezhi-gkendmaanh = This Is How I Know, Written by Brittany Luby, Illustrated by Joshua Mangeshig Pawis-Steckley, Translated by Alvin Ted Corbiere and Alan Corbiere
"An Anishinaabe child and her grandmother explore the natural wonders of each season in this lyrical, bilingual story-poem." Intended for use with ages 3 to 7.
Moon of the Crusted Snow: Reading Guide
To accompany book written by Waubgeshig Rice which tells the story of a small northern Anishinaabe community which finds itself completely isolated from the external world just as winter sets in. The key to survival is reconnecting with the land. Guide is arranged around the themes of land, colonialism, community, gender, language, traditions and culture, and real world events.o accompany story written by
Murphy Diary
The Native Tribes of Alaska: An Address Before the Section of Anthropology of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Ann Arbor, August, 1885
Never Until Now: Indigenous & Racialized Women's Experiences Working in Yukon & Northern British Columbia Mine Camps
Research consisted of survey and semi-structured interviews using open-ended questions with 22 respondents. Study found: limited job opportunityand longevity of employment, inadequate pay scale for hours worked, uequal work expectations, limited opportunities for advancement, inadequate harm prevention, gender or race harassement/discrimination with absence of grievance mechanisms, poor environmental practices, and limited economic benefits to Indigenous people.
Nga Reanga: Youth Development Māori Styles
North West Rebellion - Prince Albert - Poem.
Notes on Diseases Among the Indians Frequenting York Factory, Hudson's Bay
On Domestication, Permanent and Temporary: Qoranje, Elwelu, and Akweqor
An analysis of two Yupik traditional stories and what they teach about Indigenous beliefs and connections to both tame and wild animals.
On the Side of the Angels: A Memoir by Jose Amaujaq Kusugak: Teaching Guide
Designed for use with students in Grades 7 to 9.
Our War Paint is Writer's Ink: Ojibwe Literary Transnationalism
English Thesis (PhD) -- Columbia University, 2014.
Promoting Healthy Medication Use Through Indigenous Knowledge Sharing: A Coyote Story
Looks at the creation of a traditional Coyote story as a strategy to address Polypharmacy, "when multiple medications are being taken and the benefits no longer outweigh the risks", for Indigenous patients.
Red Wolf
Lesson plan for use with the book Red Wolf by Jennifer Dance.
Reflections from Them Days: A Residential School Memoir from Nunatsiavut As Told by Nellie Winters, Transcribed and Edited by Erica Obendorfer: Teaching Guide
Geared toward Grades 4 to 6.
Remembering Rebellion, Remembering Resistance: Collective Memory, Identity, and the Veterans of 1869-70 and 1885
The Roles of Coyote in Native American Oral Traditions
English Thesis (BA) -- Masaryk University, 2018.
A Shared Heritage with Anishinaabe / Ojibway
Topics include seven traditional teachings, explanation of the clan system, and the Wendigo story.
Skraelings: Novel Study
Geared toward Grades 10 to 12.
Sky Woman, Trickster, Windigo: Reflections of Traditional Storytelling in Contemporary Canadian Indigenous Novel
Anglophone Literatures and Cultures Thesis (PhD) -- Charles University, 2021.